Octagon Wars - King of the Cape, the city's first-ever outdoor live cage fight, will take place Oct. 20 in Club Square in the South Cape. Presented by Global Fighting Solutions and Rack'em Spirits & Times, the event will pit against each other several of the best amateur fighters from the area's schools.

"It's going to be a spectacular event," Michael Gattuso, event promoter and president of Global Fighting Solutions, said. "They're local fighters who are going to be on the (fight) card."

The first match will kick off at about 7 p.m.

All sanctioned, the matches will be professionally refereed and judged.

"These are judges that are certified and are officials to be able to do this," he said.

Former WWF wrestler Russ Greenberg will serve as the referee.

Gattuso explained that seven years ago, MMA fighting was legalized in Florida. Currently tied to the organization Florida MMA Events, he has been involved in fights everywhere - except in the city.

"We don't have an arena in the Cape," he said.

Running on the "Keep it in the Cape" mindset, organizers began planning a city fight.

"I've been here a long time. I've been very involved in this. This is one thing that I know that I can contribute," Gattuso said. "We had the parking lot, we just had to get it passed through the city."

And they did.

"The people I'm bringing are people from top-notch schools in this area," he said.

The fighters come from American Top Team Cape Coral, Vickery Jiu-Jitsu & MMA, Esteves Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Team Marcelo Pereira Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Martial Arts University and The Jungel MMA.

"All the schools are rivals here," Gattuso said.

The match lineup will be as follows:

Bout 1: Demetruis Fountain vs. Marcus Messina

Bout 2: Danny Dustin vs. Eldin Ramis

Bout 3: Daniel Joseph vs. David Castillo

Bout 4: Tony Milo vs. Shad Kelley

Bout 5: Rueben Beard vs. Olu Brinson

Bout 6: Jerry Rivera vs. David Flores

Bout 7: Ethan Goff vs. Norman Gallon

Bout 8: Aqeel Shah vs. Scott Leavens

Bout 9: Shawn Gilligan vs. Shawn Washington

Bout 10: Rand Rice vs. Christian Browne

Bout 11: Trevon Copeland vs. Jeremy Mueller

Bout 12: Shane Vinson vs. Juan Gonzalez

"They're all good fighters," he said.

"Just like any other sport, you can get hurt," Gattuso added.

Live music will be provided by theClantonGang.

There will be guest appearances by Dhafir "Dada 5000" Harris and UFC fighter Niko Price.

"He's a local superstar," he said of Price.

Gattuso noted that Dada 5000 has gone up against MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.